This podcast episode intricately examines the turbulent period of the French Revolution, detailing the exhaustive efforts of the National Assembly to establish a new constitution amid rising unrest and the influence of radical political clubs like the Jacobins and Cordeliers. As tensions mount, we witness King Louis XVI’s desperate attempts to escape the siege of his royal authority, aided by confidants like Axel von Fersen, culminating in a fateful journey from the Tuileries Palace that ultimately leads to his capture at Varennes, symbolizing the irrevocable shift in France's political landscape and the waning power of the monarchy.
